Isotopes of oganesson
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List of isotopes
Nuclide |
Z | N | Isotopic mass (Da)[4] [n 1][n 2] |
Half-life |
Daughter isotope |
Spin and parity | |||||||||||||
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294Og | 118 | 176 | 294.21398(59)# | 0.7(3) ms[5] | α | 290Lv | 0+ | ||||||||||||
SF (rare) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
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- ^ ( ) – Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
- ^ # – Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
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Modes of decay:
SF: Spontaneous fission
Nucleosynthesis
Target-projectile combinations leading to Z=118 compound nuclei
The below table contains various combinations of targets and projectiles that could be used to form compound nuclei with Z=118.[citation needed]
Target | Projectile | CN | Attempt result |
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208Pb | 86Kr | 294Og | Failure to date |
238U | 58Fe | 296Og | Reaction yet to be attempted |
244Pu | 54Cr | 298Og | Reaction yet to be attempted |
248Cm | 50Ti | 298Og | Failure to date |
250Cm | 50Ti | 300Og | Reaction yet to be attempted |
249Cf | 48Ca | 297Og | Successful reaction |
250Cf | 48Ca | 298Og | Failure to date |
251Cf | 48Ca | 299Og | Failure to date |
252Cf | 48Ca | 300Og | Reaction yet to be attempted |
Cold fusion
208Pb(86Kr,xn)294-xOg
In 1999, a team led by Victor Ninov at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory performed this experiment, as a 1998 calculation by Robert Smolańczuk suggested a promising outcome. After eleven days of irradiation, three events of 293Og and its alpha decay products were reported in this reaction; this was the first reported discovery of element 118 and then-unknown element 116.[6]
The following year, they published a retraction after researchers at other laboratories were unable to duplicate the results and the Berkeley lab could not duplicate them either.[7] In June 2002, the director of the lab announced that the original claim of the discovery of these two elements had been based on data fabricated by principal author Victor Ninov.[8][9] Newer experimental results and theoretical predictions have confirmed the exponential decrease in cross-sections with lead and bismuth targets as the atomic number of the resulting nuclide increases.[10]
Hot fusion
249Cf(48Ca,xn)297-xOg (x=3)
Following successful experiments utilizing calcium-48 projectiles and actinide targets to generate elements 114 and 116,[11] the search for element 118 was first performed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in 2002. One or two atoms of 294Og were produced in the 2002 experiment, and two more atoms were produced in a 2005 confirmation run. The discovery of element 118 was announced in 2006.[2]
Because of the very small
In a 2012 experiment aimed at the confirmation of tennessine, one alpha decay chain was attributed to 294Og. This synthesis event resulted from the population of 249Cf in the target as the decay product of the 249Bk target (half-life 330 days); the cross section and decays were consistent with previously reported observations of 294Og.[11]
From 1 October 2015 until 6 April 2016, the team at the JINR conducted a search for new isotopes of oganesson using a 48Ca beam and a target comprising a mixture of 249Cf (50.7%), 250Cf (12.9%), and 251Cf (36.4%). The experiment was performed at 252 MeV and 258 MeV beam energies. One event of 294Og was found at the lower beam energy, while no decays of oganesson isotopes were found at the higher beam energy; a cross section of 0.9 pb for the 249Cf(48Ca,3n) reaction was estimated.[14]
250,251Cf(48Ca,xn)298,299-xOg
In the 2015–2016 experiment, these reactions were performed in a search for 295Og and 296Og. No events attributable to a reaction with the 250Cf or 251Cf portions of the target were found. A repeat of this experiment was planned for 2017–2018.[14]
248Cm(50Ti,xn)298-xOg
This reaction was originally planned to be tested at the JINR and
Theoretical calculations
Theoretical calculations done on the synthetic pathways for, and the half-life of, other isotopes have shown that some could be slightly more stable than the synthesized isotope 294Og, most likely 293Og, 295Og, 296Og, 297Og, 298Og, 300Og and 302Og.[18][19][20] Of these, 297Og might provide the best chances for obtaining longer-lived nuclei,[18][20] and thus might become the focus of future work with this element. Some isotopes with many more neutrons, such as some located around 313Og, could also provide longer-lived nuclei.[21]
Theoretical calculations on evaporation cross sections
The below table contains various targets-projectile combinations for which calculations have provided estimates for cross section yields from various neutron evaporation channels. The channel with the highest expected yield is given.
DNS = Di-nuclear system; 2S = Two-step; σ = cross section
Target | Projectile | CN | Channel (product) | σ max | Model | Ref |
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208Pb | 86Kr | 294Og | 1n (293Og) | 0.1 pb | DNS | [22] |
208Pb | 85Kr | 293Og | 1n (292Og) | 0.18 pb | DNS | [22] |
246Cm | 50Ti | 296Og | 3n (293Og) | 40 fb | 2S | [23] |
244Cm | 50Ti | 294Og | 2n (292Og) | 53 fb | 2S | [23] |
252Cf | 48Ca | 300Og | 3n (297Og) | 1.2 pb | DNS | [24] |
251Cf | 48Ca | 299Og | 3n (296Og) | 1.2 pb | DNS | [24] |
249Cf | 48Ca | 297Og | 3n (294Og) | 0.3 pb | DNS | [24] |
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